Date of Award
1993
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Su, Tsung-Chow
Abstract
Wind loads on a bridge may be classified into two types: the buffeting loads and the self-excited loads. The research reported in this thesis is concerned with experimental determination of the self-excited loads in the frequency domain, in particular, their non-dimensional coefficients, called flutter derivatives. The experiments were conducted in a water channel with water substituting for air. Five bridge-section models of different shapes were tested, each of which was driven to move harmonically by linkages, and the forces on the linkages were measured to determine the fluid loads. A thin-plate model, simulating an airfoil, was also tested and the results were compared with those obtained from the thin airfoil theory. The setup of the experiments and data acquisition, processing and analysis are presented herein.
Extent
79 p.
Recommended Citation
Wei, Li., "Experimental determination of motion-induced force coefficients of long-span bridge models in a water channel" (1993). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 439.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/439
Identifier
FADT14959
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.|College of Engineering and Computer Science